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president putin started, which he now might have a big role in finishing since donald trump brought him back in from the cold. a bad dealfor them. a sense of sacrifice betrayed. an agreement that amounts to a ukrainian capitulation. and it's notjust about keeping the land that as a sovereign nation. a lot of folks in this game.

earlier in brussels, the us defence secretary president's messages. the yawning gap "between ukraine and russia, and europe this administration believes in alliances, deeply believes in alliances but make no mistake, president trump this was kyiv the night before last — a civilian killed and invasions in the future byjoining nato, which trump and putin

have already ruled out. failed to take kyiv within three days. who will outlast whom?

you any more weapons, time is not i don't believe that americans, and trump in particular, will stop providing us weaponry, because if we fall as a winner, not as neville chamberlain. stay us on bbc news. hello. so far this week. the chance of some sunshine,

although some outbreaks of rain that the cloud will break up and that we will see some spells of sunshine. that said, north—west scotland has done quite well set to continue. now, during friday night, this band of cloud and patchy but of course, you can check the overnight temperatures for where you are by having a look at the bbc weather app. so into saturday, it looks

like we'll see another pulse but i think we will tend to see more in the way of cloud temperatures, 5 degrees there for aberdeen, 9 degrees in plymouth. in the south—west, around 8 or 9 degrees. now, what about next week? to make much progress, should eventually push we mussms howe rs. , it could potentially turn quite windy.

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